Daniel,
Do you have any data to back up your opinion that MSO master
documents get corrupted or break easily?
Expert opinion from a technical editor of 30 years.
I think that could be persuasive if they are willing to put their name
to that and they have sufficient name recognition.
IIRC, MSO does not have the equivalent of the Navigator. But then, I
don't use it in OO either.
It doesn't I'm sure.
According to the article I referenced by Bruce Byfield, the Navigator
equivalent in Writer is the Outline View. He seemed to think Word's
implementation was superior. As I indicated, I haven't really used
Navigator, so I spent a few minutes just tinkering around to get a feel
for it. My initial impression is that it is much more powerful barring
what Byfield described as the limitations for "dedicated outliners"
(which I am not). If Navigator were to be included in a list of pros
for OO, I'd suggest it be listed somehow to describe what it can do that
Word's Outline View can't do vs. just listing "Navigator" as the pro.
As for the Stylist, I think the equivalent would be the task pane
showing styles in MS Word.
That doesn't show you character, frame, page and list styles. From my
understanding of what a "task pane" is, I'm not sure it has all the
other features that the Stylist has.
Everyone has identified the ability to have "page" styles as a benefit
of Writer. Perhaps character, frame and list should be added? I think
the hierarchical view is a strength of OO as well. On the negative
side, OO does not display the different styles in the window ala Word.
I'd suggest the item be listed as "Better support for styles" or "Easier
use of styles" (or something similar) with some of these other sub-items
then listed.
I'm sorry Daniel, but you've lost me.
Look at your OOo window. Look at the menu bar at the top. There is a
menu called "Window". Click on it and see what's in it.
OK, I see what you are saying now. I'd probably classify that as a
benefit like "easier navigation between documents" (similar to someone's
comment elsewhere in the thread about the single button that let's you
create a new document of any type no matter which app you happen to be
in). Perhaps both of those items could be used to support a benefit
like "a true suite instead of a collection of applications put together".
Jeff Causey
